DIVINE WORD MINISTRIES

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 1st APRIL 2025 GIVE UP THINGS Mark 8:34-35 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. (NIV) If you are going to be fruitful and productive in the things of the Kingdom you will have to deliberately give up some things. There are things that could hinder you from advancing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And those things are mostly rooted in self, that's why the Lord Jesus said "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves..."  Self is the greatest opposition to walking in the Spirit and doing the things of the Kingdom. You will have to deny yourself daily in order to be effective in the work of the Kingdom. Untill yourself is under your total control your destiny and assignmen...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 31st MARCH 2025 BE EXCITED ABOUT CHALLENGES James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. (NIV) The Word instructs us to be joyful in trials. To consider trials as opportunity to express the Joy of Lord which is in us. He says we should be excited about challenges. The Word calls it trials of many kinds. There could be many challenges. We can be excited in the face of challenges, not because of the challenges but what it will produce for us, in us and through us. We look at the testimony that will ensue and celebrate in advance. Our joyful response to challenges means we know we are more than conquerors. Additionally, it is a testimony in advance. It is an expression of trust in our Lord, knowing fully well He got ou...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 30th MARCH 2025 PUT NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH Philippians 3:3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh — (NIV) Putting no confidence in the flesh means not replying on who you are, what you have, where you are, what you can do according to your outward self (your flesh), your power or effort.  In the context of the above scripture the Apostle Paul talked about those who promote the flesh and boast in what they are able to do according to the flesh. They boast in their ability to keep the law; their good deeds. And consequently trust in their self righteousness. He said he himself had more reasons to boast in what he was able to do according to the law. But he refused to put his confidence in the flesh. Philippians 3:3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no con...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 29th MARCH 2025 HE WILL LEAD YOU THROUGH Psalms 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. (NIV) The Lord is your shepherd. He is the One leading you. Having received the Holy Spirit He leads and guides you. He leads you into abundance. He leads you into all good things. There is something striking in Psalm 23. In verse 1 He says the Lord is my Shepherd, I lack nothing. Then in verse 4, let's read. Psalms 23:4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. The One who started leading you and led you into abundance is the same who led you to the darkest valley. It's important we take note of this.  King David's manner of communication shows that the Shepherd was right there with him in the darkest valley. He says "I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." It was the Shepherd who led ...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 28th MARCH 2025 THERE IS A SPIRITUAL HOUSE 1 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (NIV) The Church is a body. This body is a spiritual house built with the spirits of those who are born again. Every Christian is a living stone with which this house is built.  Every house is meant to be inhabited. This house is inhabited by God, He lives in this house by His Spirit.  Ephesians 2:21-22 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. Every individual Christian is God's house. His conducive dwelling place. It is a spiritual house; that is, your spirit. God lives in your spirit not actually your physical body. Your physical body is only subject to expre...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 27th MARCH 2025 CELEBRATE IN ADVANCE Isaiah 54:1 "Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband," says the LORD. (NIV) When you find God's word like this very scripture you celebrate it in advance. That's what God meant when He said "Sing, barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy,"  He said to the barren woman, even to Israel, "Celebrate in advance" because I am about to change the situation. He says the same thing to us today! 'Celebrate in advance!' Maybe you find yourself in a situation you don't want to be, and you are trying to come out of it, perhaps there is a situation you want to change, it could be your health, business or marriage. When you find God's word concerning such don't wait until y...

BREAKFAST WITH JESUS A daily devotional Pastor Stanley 26th MARCH 2025 DON'T EXPECT THEM TO ACCEPT IT EASILY 1 Corinthians 2:14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. (NIV) In the course of preaching the Gospel of Jesus we encounter people who disagree with our message and argue about its authenticity. It sounds foolish to them because they do not understand it, and it takes only the Spirit of God to understand the things of God.  The message of the Gospel of Jesus is not for the senses. It is not something the most sensually intelligent person can easily accept. Don't expect people without the Spirit of God to easily accept the Gospel we preach.  Aside that the natural senses cannot accept the things of the Spirit the devil has also blinded the minds of unbelievers. So you see their situation is very complicated, unl...